What's Your Corgi's Favorite Food?

[corgimom]

Originally Posted by Michael Romanos

The Hills I brought is 18kg - for a 9kg bag it was $75, so one saves more than $30 in getting twice as much and kept airtight, the product will last a couple of years.

You got a 42 pound bag of food for $100 !!- I would think Nick would have given you a deal considering how much your promote it.

Most dog food companies put expiration dates on their bags(even Hills). I have never seen one that had a date 2 years out(on Dry kibble)even on those that use artificial preservatives. Even if kept it in an airtight container, I would not feed that food to my dog for 2 years, but that is just me .

I also think that Science Hill mainly uses artificial preservatives such as ethoxyquin, BHT and BHA which would give a longer shelf life to their products; not sure if they are still doing this. I know there is some controversy regarding the long term use of those artificial ingredients and how safe they are, but I bet Nick would say there is nothing to worry about. I would imagine he got a nice chunk of change when Science Hill created their ZD product. I prefer to use a product with natural preservatives, even if it means a shorter shelf life.

I usually buy the smaller bags so they aren't sitting around for months. Even our food, such as crackers or cereal get stale in airtight containers.

[corgimom]

Originally Posted by Michael Romanos

The Hills I brought is 18kg - for a 9kg bag it was $75, so one saves more than $30 in getting twice as much and kept airtight, the product will last a couple of years.

You got a 40 pound bag Science Hill for $100 :exclamation: - I would think Nick would have given you a deal considering how much your promote it.

Now Science Hill does not recommend giving your pet any "people food", only the Science Diet brand pet food(This statement is on their home "Facts and questions page"); does Nick agree with this statement and do you plan on doing this?

Most dog food companies put expiration dates on their bags(even Hills). I have never seen one that had a date 2 years out(on Dry kibble)even on those that use artificial preservatives. Even if kept it in an airtight container, I would not feed that food to my dog for 2 years, but that is just me .

I prefer to use a product with natural preservatives, even if it means a shorter shelf life.

I usually buy the smaller bags so they aren't sitting around for months. Even our food, such as crackers or cereal get stale in airtight containers.

[Philbiker]

Originally Posted by fido

Our Corgi's favorite food?


EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING!

That's Tucker's favorite also. I mean, my corgi and corgi-mutt both will happily eat poop, you think they're choosy about real food?

[TNCorgi]

Boots loves him some poptarts but it was by default he got them. Some got dropped at our sleepover and he sucked them up faster than the girls could get them. Now he gets excited when he sees the box but no more for the boots man cause he got seriously stinky after that whole affair.

[lricch565]

Mazie doesn't have a favorite...she is an equal-opportunity eater - she'll eat anything given to her and some things she finds on her own (like sticks, leaves and other outdoor delicacies).

Lisa

[corgimom]

Originally Posted by Michael Romanos

I can only reiterate until I am blue in the face that cornmeal and wheat are perfectly suitable for dogs and very few dogs suffer any kind of allergic reaction to them.

That is interesting that you should say that because today I was at Petco, and came across Eukanubas new line of dog food(breed specific); must be following in Royal Canins footsteps. Anyway, Eukanuba has breed specific food for 5 different breeds,(not Corgis though) The lady said they just got them last week

However, Eukanuba also has a Sensitive Skin Food - which on the front of the packaging says "no corn, wheat or chicken, ingredients that can cause itching and scratching"; Science Hill's sensitive skin still has the corn in it.

Eukanuba also has Sensitive Stomach dry kibble - which on the front of the packaging said "no wheat, beef or dairy, ingredients that can cause upset stomachs"

So it looks like even the makers of Eukanuba are seeing that there can be problems with these ingredients, otherwise, why would they make these products; they are probably listening to consumers more and seeing that consumers will buy their dog food elsewhere if they are not going to listen to their concerns and produce food that we want to feed our pets.

[Peggy]

Originally Posted by Michael Romanos

The Hills I brought is 18kg - for a 9kg bag it was $75

That IMO, is still very expensive.

... and kept airtight, the product will last a couple of years.

You know I would not keep any dog food for two years and feed it to my dogs. Even airtight, that's an awful long time.

I can only reiterate until I am blue in the face that cornmeal and wheat are perfectly suitable for dogs and very few dogs suffer any kind of allergic reaction to them.

You know just because you and whoever says it's good doesn't necessarily make it so. Lots of others think otherwise, and have just as credible (if not more so) documentation to go with.

Peggy -if you had a sense of humour, you would laugh at yourself.

Excuse me??? I do have a sense of humor. However, what you say on this forum when you are trying to be funny does not come through. I can never tell when you are trying to be funny.

Peggy

[disraeli]

Speaking of allergies and food, our Nutro rep said that there will soon be Nutro Natural Choice venison formula dry food and herring formula dry food. So if anyone's interested.

[Hayashi_eri]

oh Buta is quite a picky Corgi when it comes to food, here is a list of her fav food. She have any interest for other food....

Loves:
1. Anything chicken or pork
2. Bones (freeze dried ones from the pet shops)
3. Oranges
4. Cheese
5. Cucumber

[Michael Romanos]

Yes Linda, Dr Nick Cave gives his own dog mixes of food as he recommmends. He is the 10 percent man - 10 pecent by weight of other substances as described in my article, to that of the kibble. I would give Taylor somewhat more than this on most occasions - more likely 15-20 percent. By the way, you go on about Cave and Hills like a broken record - hey, more than I do - but in fact Nick Cave recommends any kibble product that is AAFCO tested and approved. Haven't I said that before????

As I have also said before, when Taylor had an allergy and the vet suggested if it wasn't the other more common things, it might be food, his top of the range things were milk and other dairy products, wheat, and beef. No mention of corn. So obviously corn does not rank high as an allergic imposition as do other food items. But it is interesting that you have gone from intimating that corn is harmful as a food and should never be given to dogs to just the fact that corn can produce an irritant reaction in a relatively few dogs at worse. According to Dr Cave cornmeal is perfectly ok for dogs just as beef is perfectly ok for dogs.

[Dillydoodle]

BLAH BLAH Dr. Cave BLAH BLAH

Keep on telling me about him, he is biased in his opinion of what is good food, go interview some "expert" who works for Purina and see what they recommend as top food... This whole subject just goes around and around - It is getting really old...

[corgimom]

Originally Posted by Michael Romanos

but in fact Nick Cave recommends any kibble product that is AAFCO tested and approved. Haven't I said that before????

My mind must be going; I don't quite remember you saying it that way. I remember you saying that Nick said we should look for the AAFCO stamp of approval on dog food, but that Nick said Science Hill was the best food for our dogs and that he also rated Royal Canin as a good food. Maybe you can refresh my memory

[Chip's Mom]

I wonder what happened to the new lady that started this thread??????? We haven't heard from her in awhile either unless I missed something.

[corgimom]

I don't know - I think a thread designated for those of us that want to Debate topics would be a good idea.; that way, it wouldn't get so off track, sorry.